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S. J. SWAYZE.

BUTTON.

Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

STEPHEN J. SVVAYZE, OF SAG HARBOR, NE\V YORK.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,934, datedSeptember 7, 1886.

Application filed May 27, 189.6. Serial No. 203,431. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. SWAYZE, of Sag Harbor, in the county ofSuffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Button,of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and practicaldouble-faced button adapted to be attached to the garmentwithoutstitching, and adapted to be reversed, so that when used onuniformsthe same buttons may be used to indicate off and on duty.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my new and improved button and apart of a garment to which it is attached, and Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the head and shank of the but ton separated and without washerand spring.

I construct the head A of the button with two faces, a b, and of twoconcaved plates, 0 d, of metal or other material, crimped together attheir edges, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The plates 0 d are formed withcentral orifices, c f, to receive the shank B of the button, which isadapted to lock itself in the head A, and is formed or provided with aplate, or rather double plates, 9 h, for securing the button to thegarment. The shank B is composed of spriugsections i, formed withshoulders or grooves t, to engage with the edges of the orifices of, andthe spring-sections are joined at their outer ends, as shown at i, sothat said end will close the orifices e f and finish the outer surfaceof the button, whichever face is worn outward.

The plates 9 It may be made a part of the springsections, or madeseparately and secured thereto.

In the form of button shown in Fig. 1 upon the shank B is placed awasher, (J, and coiled spring D, that acts between the plates 9 h andthe washer, so that when the button is attached to a garment the head Aof the button will be drawn by the action of the spring firmly againstthe outer surface of the garment and prevented from drooping.

In order to attach the button to a garment, it is only necessary to passthe shank B through an opening in the garment and press the head A uponthe shank, when the springsections will cause the shoulders or notchest" to engage with the edges of one of the orifices e or f, (according towhich face of the button is turned outward,) and thus lock the button tothe garment.

To remove the button, it is only necessary to press the plates 9 ittogether and disengage the shoulders 1 from the edges of the orifice,when the head and shank may be separated and both detached from thegarment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The button herein shown and described, consisting of the double-facedhead A, having orifices c f, in combination with the springshank B,provided with plates 9 h, and formed with shoulders or notches i,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the head A and detachable spring-shank B, ofthe spring D and washer (J, placed upon the shank, substantially asdescribed.

STEPHEN J. SWAYZE.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEsT, G. SEDGwIcK.

